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putin's greatest leverage isn't his weapons, it's energy. russia is the world's largest oil exporter and second in natural gas. a lot of countries rely on russia for a lot of power which makes russia powerful. ukraine is almost completely dependent on russia for energy. you can imagine if russia just turned off the lights? you don't have to. russia who supplies almost a quarter of the natural gas. talks broke done and today russia's gas monopoly gave the order to cut off gas to ukraine. >> that was from 2009 and that remains on every's mind in the region. and now for our final rule, beware of emotional hawks. we've heard a lot from these folks. conservative emo hawks believe in the president just demonstrated strength or anger, foreign nations would act differently. republicans say putin would never have done this if obama had been tougher. never mind he takes the actions regardless of who is in charge of the country. never mind this is more about russia and crimea than it is about us. would he hear be stronger so much it starts to sound pla
putin's greatest leverage isn't his weapons, it's energy. russia is the world's largest oil exporter and second in natural gas. a lot of countries rely on russia for a lot of power which makes russia powerful. ukraine is almost completely dependent on russia for energy. you can imagine if russia just turned off the lights? you don't have to. russia who supplies almost a quarter of the natural gas. talks broke done and today russia's gas monopoly gave the order to cut off gas to ukraine....
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part of the reason the establishment is less afraid of the tea party movement is i think some of the energy has gone out of the tea party movement and frankly, it's because partly economic realities are changing. one of the annimating fears and focuses of the tea party was out of control government spending. we were taxed too much and government is spending way too much money. well, the deficit last year fell more rapidly than in any year since world war ii. so deficits are coming down. are they losing some of the steam that fueled their cause? >> my colleague john stanton who was at their fifth anniversary event yesterday, he filed this really great report. he felt they were rudderless. initially they had obamacare to mobilize them and now there are so many different issues, don't know what exactly to pay attention to. i think the immigration he reform mobilized them for a while. the other piece of this is that i think many republicans especially in the house are so clearly identified with the tea party that you don't even need a tea party name anymore. it's all one in the same in the hous
part of the reason the establishment is less afraid of the tea party movement is i think some of the energy has gone out of the tea party movement and frankly, it's because partly economic realities are changing. one of the annimating fears and focuses of the tea party was out of control government spending. we were taxed too much and government is spending way too much money. well, the deficit last year fell more rapidly than in any year since world war ii. so deficits are coming down. are...
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number one, good jobs that pay good wages in manufacturing, energy, innovation, infrastructure. number two, train folks with the skills they need to get those good jobs, something that your senator al franken is doing great work on every single day. he cares a lot about the job training issue. number three, guaranteeing every child has access to a world class education. and number four, making sure that hard work is rewarded with wages you can live on, savings you can retire on, health care you can count on. that's what we're fighting for. minnesota is helping to lead the way on these issues. your state legislature is poised to raise your minimum wage this year. in my state of the union address i call for a new women's economic agenda. it's actually a family economic agenda, equal pay for equal work, paid sick leave and more, and there are leaders in your state legislature that are working hard at this because they know when women succeed, america succeeds. >> obama talking jobs and investing in america for the long haul. we turn now though to a woman who knows a lot about long
number one, good jobs that pay good wages in manufacturing, energy, innovation, infrastructure. number two, train folks with the skills they need to get those good jobs, something that your senator al franken is doing great work on every single day. he cares a lot about the job training issue. number three, guaranteeing every child has access to a world class education. and number four, making sure that hard work is rewarded with wages you can live on, savings you can retire on, health care you...
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call it the ted cruz effect, there's an energy, an excitement surrounding him unlike anyone nels the party right now. we keep asking who will the next moderate voice be for the gop? let me give you the latest. a new poll today, 3 in 10 republicans say they will not vote for christie if he ran in '16. for jeb bush, 50% of registered voters would not vote for him for president. this is why cruz is the one we should be watching. jon stewart, it could be ted cruz who has the last laugh come 2016. that does it for us. now alex wagner. >>> shut your windows, lock your doors. cpac has come to town. it's thursday, march 6th, and this is "now." >>> the largest and most important gathering of conservatives of the year. the first cattle call of the 2016 presidential cycle. >> the 2012 election didn't go exactly as we thought. >> the most conservative of conservatives. >> this president is a smart man. it may be time to revisit that assumption. >> includes senator ted cruz. >> all of us remember president mccain, president romney. >> people didn't like mitt romney that much. they loved ted cruz.
call it the ted cruz effect, there's an energy, an excitement surrounding him unlike anyone nels the party right now. we keep asking who will the next moderate voice be for the gop? let me give you the latest. a new poll today, 3 in 10 republicans say they will not vote for christie if he ran in '16. for jeb bush, 50% of registered voters would not vote for him for president. this is why cruz is the one we should be watching. jon stewart, it could be ted cruz who has the last laugh come 2016....
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he writes in his letter this year about renewable energy. one of his utilities has invested $15 billion in, mainly in windmills. and he's saying, i'm counting on regulators, essentially to force americans to buy that st so, there is good capitalism and there is sort of crony government capitalism, and i think buffett is a little bit of both. >> but you know, ira, warren buffett is hardly the only wealthy investor who is banking on government goodies here. i mean, a lot of the reason why large corporations and why banks are doing so well is because of favorable tax treatment and subsidies and goodies that they get from the government. >> i think that's true, and i think that people need to watch out for that. and it applies to buffett as well. >> ira stole, thank you very much. >>> up next right here at the table, star of film and tv, michael vartan on his new role in "bates motel," the prequel to a hitchcock classic. nice morning, scott? aye, or...a mornin' of tiny voices crying out, "feed us -- we've awakened from our long winter's nap and
he writes in his letter this year about renewable energy. one of his utilities has invested $15 billion in, mainly in windmills. and he's saying, i'm counting on regulators, essentially to force americans to buy that st so, there is good capitalism and there is sort of crony government capitalism, and i think buffett is a little bit of both. >> but you know, ira, warren buffett is hardly the only wealthy investor who is banking on government goodies here. i mean, a lot of the reason why...